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Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Development project updates
Mainstreaming biodiversity and development project updates
… work with ICLEI. You can read about the project in  this story of change . In Zambia, project members are focusing on the country’s … Davies It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the death of our colleague, Jonathan W. Davies.   A senior staff member of Liberia's … guide to select the development sectors which would form the focus areas for mainstreaming work.  The diagnostic guide will be …
Article, 21 March 2014
A man sprays disinfectant onto a person's hands
How Dhaka's urban poor are dealing with COVID-19
… current and future health and economic impact that it demands our attention and commitment to work together to overcome it. This blog … puts it like this: “We did not step back. We have continued our social services amid this COVID-19 emergency by protecting ourselves …
Insight, 01 July 2020
Women crush and separate rocks containing gold ore for extraction at Nsangano Gold Mine, Mawemeru village, Geita, Tanzania (Photo: Brian Sokol/Panos Pictures)
Picturing the ASM space
… what the challenges are in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM).  Our 'visioning workshop' in April  pulled together a range of global … diversity of ASM practices needed to be recognised. They called for a change in mindset across the sector to understand that mining was a … companies, often prevent this from happening Shared challenges In our research, stakeholders prioritised a number of key issues to address …
Insight, 05 June 2015
An IIED workshop in September 2016 that focused on conceptualising 'better evidence' (Photo: Celie Manuel/IIED)
Generating better evidence for sustainable development research and evaluation
… and listened to Is action-oriented towards creating positive change Challenges perceived wisdom and/or reinforces alternative … is itself a dynamic process that improves the main products of our work through enquiry, investigation and research. But this does not … collection methods, such as randomised sampling, household surveys, focus group discussions and participatory workshops. Theory-based impact …
Project, 24 March 2017
Chen showing Lila Buckley his innovative method for growing potatoes in straw nests.
A Chinese farm in Africa
… they do lose money, we subsidize them for the loss. Usually though, our methods enable them to increase their revenue from the start.” Chen … help, but in reality we can’t have a big impact. In Senegal, a small change in watering technique or soil management can increase yields … promotion centres similar to the one he works for in Hubei “to focus on capacity building for average citizens. It's the people who …
Insight, 13 September 2012
A woman miner in Tanzania, who features in a film on stories of change on artisanal and small-scale mining (Image: IIED)
Best of 2017: videos
… Showing the people who are creating change: artisanal mining Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is known … the only story. We recorded a series of videos that told 'stories of change': how ASM communities are adopting positive approaches to common … You can watch a playlist of all our reports from the 2017 climate talks . Recording different voices: …
Article, 12 January 2018
NGOs: friend or foe to markets for the poor?
… by the very NGO that was meant to help him. “The NGO hijacked our network, raised prices above what we had offered to pay and took … project,” she said. Many of these problems arise because we tend to focus on the successes, which doesn’t leave much room for discussion, … himself admitted. They can be very effective at pushing for change in laws and business laws, he said. Finding the right path is …
Insight, 06 April 2011
Agriculture is the mainstay of Malawi’s economy and climate change is expected to impact crop yields and food security (Photo: Martijn.Munneke, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: What’s new about this year’s CBA event?
Article, 04 May 2018
Dialogue participants visited ASM operations (Photo: Mkhululi Nkosilamandla Ncube)
Can ASM lead the Africa Mining Vision?
… Mining Vision really is. During the debrief and group session after our field trip to Nsangano gold mine in Nyarungusu village, I gave an … agenda, and promoting multi-stakeholder collaboration for change in both policy and practice.  Similarities between ASM dialogues … that were among the top ten performers in the country.      On our site visit to Rwamgasa we saw how ball-mill crushers are now being …
Insight, 07 December 2017
A church under construction sits on a verdant green field with dark grey storm clouds behind.
Rio+20: Key recommendations from IIED conference
… drew on its extensive network of partners and allies — built over our 40 years of research into sustainable development — to gather a world-class set of speakers and thinkers at our event in Rio," says IIED’s director Camilla Toulmin. "Over two days … Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests: “Change needs to come from the grassroots, not UN tables.” Shrashtant …
News, 20 June 2012